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Earle Martin skribis 2005-09-30  0:01 (+0100):
> I'd like to see how big all the files/directories starting with a '.' in my
> home directory are, please.
> [...]
> What the hell? Asterisk isn't matching '.'? Gah. I don't care any more.

Glob patterns are interpolated by the shell, not the "du" program. 

Indeed, * is specified to not include dotfiles.

An easy way to find out what is done is to use echo:

    echo *     # all non-dotfiles
    echo .*    # all dotfiles
    echo \.*   # same
    echo '.'*  # same

Now, if you use .*, the first element is ., the current directory. The
du utility helpfully gives you the du output for the current directory,
which happens to include Mail.

I hope you don't have root access... (rm -r .*)


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  • du Earle Martin 00:01 on 30 Sep 2005
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    • Earle Martin 18:52 on 30 Sep 2005
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  • Re: du Aaron Crane 17:28 on 30 Sep 2005
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